From: owner-onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org (onlyJMDL Digest) To: onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org Subject: onlyJMDL Digest V2007 #126 Reply-To: joni@smoe.org Sender: owner-onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk Archives: http://www.smoe.org/lists/onlyjoni Websites: http://www.jmdl.com http://www.jonimitchell.com Unsubscribe: mailto:onlyjoni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe onlyJMDL Digest Thursday, April 26 2007 Volume 2007 : Number 126 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Re: onlyJMDL Digest V2007 #125 [StDoherty@aol.com] Tribute [Jerry Notaro ] Fw: JMDL Digest V2007 #166 ["AJ" ] Re: Most underrated/overrated album [Michael Flaherty ] World Tribute [Mark-Leon Thorne ] SV: World Tribute ["Marion Leffler" ] Re: World Tribute [Bob.Muller@Fluor.com] Re: World Tribute [Mark-Leon Thorne ] Re: SV: World Tribute [Mark-Leon Thorne ] Re: Most underrated/overrated album [Wtking59@cs.com] Re: World Tribute [Bob.Muller@Fluor.com] Re: SV: World Tribute [Bob.Muller@Fluor.com] Re: RS 40 Songs that Changed The World [Motitan@aol.com] Re: Tribute [FMYFL@aol.com] Subject: Review of tribute in SF Chronicle [missblux@googlemail.com] Re: World Tribute ["Cassy" ] Re: Tribute [Bob.Muller@Fluor.com] Research Paper On Joni [MattJones ] Second Thought [MattJones ] RE: World Tribute ["mike pritchard" ] Sorry Confession ["Richard Flynn" ] Re: Most underrated/overrated album ["Stephen Toogood" ] Re: Most underrated/overrated album [Bob Muller ] Re: Tribute (imho) [Bob Muller ] The Tribute cd [Brian Gross ] Re: Tribute (imho) ["Randy Remote" ] Hiroshima [srobe444@aol.com] Re: World Tribute [Motitan@aol.com] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2007 04:45:47 EDT From: StDoherty@aol.com Subject: Re: onlyJMDL Digest V2007 #125 In a message dated 04/25/2007 3:02:41 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, owner-onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org writes: http://www.rollingstoneextras.com/patron40songs/ I appreciate reading so many good things about DJRD. It's one of my favorite Joni collections and it is by far the best of her work to run to - especially the title song. If I had to give a person one Joni song - that would be the one. ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2007 07:56:46 -0400 From: Jerry Notaro Subject: Tribute A Tribute to Joni Mitchell is the featured cd of the day on our very fabulous WMNF in Tampa. Jerry NPW - My new Apple Powerbook! ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2007 08:24:43 -0500 From: "AJ" Subject: Fw: JMDL Digest V2007 #166 [top-posting because my question has nothing to do with the topic] Bruce Eggleston, You wouldn't happen to have a relative who (originally) hails from the MS Delta, would you? - --AJ - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bruce Eggleston" To: Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2007 9:08 PM Subject: Re: JMDL Digest V2007 #166 > At the time that courageous Truman dropped the largest mass murder > devices on Japan, the Japanese ambassadors were trying to sue for > peace through side-channel diplomacy in Moscow and other avenues. Our > culture didn't understand their version of peace making, with a > component of face-saving and meeting of the minds. It can be argued > that the war might have ended without this final slaughter of 300,00 > to 600,000 people if these diplomatic channels had been allowed to > open up and follow their course. This is also fact. > > Please do your homework before confusing the party line with facts. > > Japan was already defeated for all strategic and tactical aspects > concerning the ability to wage further war. They were reduced to > defending their homeland, there were no other significant > battlefronts in the Pacific theater. They were defeated, but had no > culturally acceptable way to surrender. > > No one knew the potential for destruction when we unleashed the > atomic bomb. There was a serious side-bet at Los Alamos that the > chain-reaction of the first atomic bomb would either a) stop as > planned, or b) just keep going until a considerable amount of the > planet was involved in the chain reaction, e.g. the Western United > States, or North America. They didn't know for certain. They didn't > know what would would happen when the two bombs were exploded over > Heroshima or Nagasaki. They didn't know. Is this courage or insanity? > Is this bad science or good war. > > This was not America's most courageous moment. > > Please don't attempt to re-write history. Read and learn from history. > > Peace really is the answer, you only have to ask the right question. > > That might be, "How can our species survive?" > > Facts and truths indeed! > > Bonneville Bruce > Praying to all the gods on the Sunnyslope, Idaho. > > On Apr 24, 2007, at 1:00 AM, JMDL Digest wrote: > >> Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2007 11:25:02 -0400 >> From: "Bree Mcdonough" >> Subject: RE: TX hooters njc >> >> Mia...it might be disturbing....but it is history. Facts and >> truths ... >> >> >>> Bree wrote: <>> Truman"? ;-) >>> He dropped the big one on Japan. Bringing WWII quickly to a >>> close..and thus saving thousands of American lives. >>> Yes..thousands died >>> but thousands more were saved in the long run.>> >>> >>> This statement disturbs me deeply. >>> >>> Mia ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2007 06:43:54 -0700 (PDT) From: Michael Flaherty Subject: Re: Most underrated/overrated album A further thought on C&S: I don't think it's over-rated in that it's not as good as people say it is; I think it's over-rated in that it's often considered one of Joni's two best albums, which I just can't see. From the stand point of simply the amount of praise they have received, I don't think any of Joni's albums are over-rated. Michael Flaherty - --------------------------------- Ahhh...imagining that irresistible "new car" smell? Check outnew cars at Yahoo! Autos. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2007 06:46:37 -0700 (PDT) From: Michael Flaherty Subject: Re: DJRD soon to come All the talk of DJRD made me want to hear it again, so I grabbed it for the morning commute. I just have to add to what's been praised: Wayne's solo on PP: incredible. Michael Flaherty - --------------------------------- Ahhh...imagining that irresistible "new car" smell? Check outnew cars at Yahoo! Autos. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2007 00:07:15 +1000 From: Mark-Leon Thorne Subject: World Tribute Hello Joni friends. While watching the clip of Roxana Amed and Pedro Aznar's wonderful performance of Amelia, it reminded me of the fantastic TNT tribute special. It occurred to me that, although there have been tributes to Joni all around the world in one form or another, I would love to see the world tied in together to share their appreciation of Joni's music. She is truly a global artist as evidenced by the diverse members of this list. I would love to see something like the TNT special but, global. Something like the concert for Africa in the 80s. One TV network in each country would carry the show and contribute performances, interspersed with commentaries on Joni's tour of that country and the influence she has been on local artists. Of course, I don't have the power to make this happen but, I'm interested to know, which artists would people like to see perform which Joni song from your country for this hypothetical show. Americans will find this hard to choose, given how many performances of Joni's songs there have been there. Just choose one artist and the song. I would certainly love to see Roxana Amed and Pedro Aznar reproduce their magic performance of Amelia for Spain. So, who would you guys like to see from your country perform a Joni song for this world wide show and which song? You might even suggest something for the commentary. I guess I'll get the ball rolling. I guess the commentary would have to revolve around Joni's 1984 tour of Australia and her show at the Sydney Opera House. There would have to be something about the influence of Joni's music on Australian artists like, Missy Higgins, Peggy Van Zalm and others. I guess any of the performances I listed in my fantasy Australian tribute album would be good. To pick one, I'd say, Katie Noonan performing Both Sides, Now. Mark in Sydney NP Big Wheels In Shanty Town - Rain Tree Crow ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2007 16:23:21 +0200 From: "Marion Leffler" Subject: SV: World Tribute Hey, there's an idea, Mark! (Though some people might find it a bit much...) Anyhow, from Sweden I'd like to see Marie Fredriksson (Roxette, you know, but she is actually a better solo artist!) perform Come in from the cold. And the commentary would include Joni's acceptance of the Polar prize in Stockholm (some years ago, can't remember the exact year right now). I just hope and pray that nobody would come up with the (bad) idea of mentioning ABBA... Marion - -----Ursprungligt meddelande----- Fren: owner-onlyjoni@smoe.org [mailto:owner-onlyjoni@smoe.org] Fvr Mark-Leon Thorne Skickat: den 25 april 2007 16:07 Till: JMDL Dmne: World Tribute Hello Joni friends. So, who would you guys like to see from your country perform a Joni song for this world wide show and which song? You might even suggest something for the commentary. I guess I'll get the ball rolling. I guess the commentary would have to revolve around Joni's 1984 tour of Australia and her show at the Sydney Opera House. There would have to be something about the influence of Joni's music on Australian artists like, Missy Higgins, Peggy Van Zalm and others. I guess any of the performances I listed in my fantasy Australian tribute album would be good. To pick one, I'd say, Katie Noonan performing Both Sides, Now. Mark in Sydney NP Big Wheels In Shanty Town - Rain Tree Crow ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2007 10:24:48 -0400 From: Bob.Muller@Fluor.com Subject: Re: World Tribute But I'm sure they would much prefer to represent their own country of Argentina. :o) I obviously love the idea you've submitted, hopefully everyone will chime in. Bob NP: Ani Difranco, "Little Plastic Castle" - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain proprietary, business-confidential and/or privileged material. If you are not the intended recipient of this message you are hereby notified that any use, review, retransmission, dissemination, distribution, reproduction or any action taken in reliance upon this message is prohibited. 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Mark On 26/04/2007, at 12:24 AM, Bob.Muller@Fluor.com wrote: > > their magic performance of Amelia for Spain.> > > But I'm sure they would much prefer to represent their own country of > Argentina. :o) > > I obviously love the idea you've submitted, hopefully everyone will > chime in. > > Bob > > NP: Ani Difranco, "Little Plastic Castle" > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > ------------------------------ > The information transmitted is intended only for the person > or entity to which it is addressed and may contain proprietary, > business-confidential and/or privileged material. > If you are not the intended recipient of this message you > are hereby notified that any use, review, retransmission, > dissemination, distribution, reproduction or any action taken > in reliance upon this message is prohibited. If you received > this in error, please contact the sender and delete the > material from any computer. Any views expressed in this message > are those of the individual sender and may not necessarily reflect > the views of the company. > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > -------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2007 00:34:09 +1000 From: Mark-Leon Thorne Subject: Re: SV: World Tribute Sounds great, Marion. I always thought Marie Fredriksson had a great voice. Nice choice of song for her too. Joni's acceptance of the Polar Award is something I have heard about so much but never seen. That would be great. We'll keep ABBA out of this one. Sweden has a lot more to offer. Mark. On 26/04/2007, at 12:23 AM, Marion Leffler wrote: > Hey, there's an idea, Mark! (Though some people might find it a bit > much...) > Anyhow, from Sweden I'd like to see Marie Fredriksson (Roxette, you > know, > but she is actually a better solo artist!) perform Come in from the > cold. > And the commentary would include Joni's acceptance of the Polar prize > in > Stockholm (some years ago, can't remember the exact year right now). I > just > hope and pray that nobody would come up with the (bad) idea of > mentioning > ABBA... > Marion > > -----Ursprungligt meddelande----- > Fren: owner-onlyjoni@smoe.org [mailto:owner-onlyjoni@smoe.org] Fvr > Mark-Leon > Thorne > Skickat: den 25 april 2007 16:07 > Till: JMDL > Dmne: World Tribute > > Hello Joni friends. > > > So, who would you guys like to see from your country perform a Joni > song for this world wide show and which song? You might even suggest > something for the commentary. > > I guess I'll get the ball rolling. I guess the commentary would have to > revolve around Joni's 1984 tour of Australia and her show at the Sydney > Opera House. There would have to be something about the influence of > Joni's music on Australian artists like, Missy Higgins, Peggy Van Zalm > and others. I guess any of the performances I listed in my fantasy > Australian tribute album would be good. To pick one, I'd say, Katie > Noonan performing Both Sides, Now. > > Mark in Sydney > > NP Big Wheels In Shanty Town - Rain Tree Crow ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2007 10:44:18 EDT From: Wtking59@cs.com Subject: Re: Most underrated/overrated album Gotta agree with Stephen (and a few others) on this one: 'Hejira' (...or possibly 'Turbulent Indigo,' since it won a Grammy for "album of the year") is Joni's most OVERrated disc (of course, 'Hejira' DID receive its fair share of mostly negative and/or indifferent reviews when first released), while 'Miles of Aisles' (...if we're including "live" albums) is her most UNDERrated. XXXOOO, Billy NP: 'Dangerous Game' (2007) by Mary Weiss. Brand new--and highly acclaimed--solo debut from the former lead singer of The Shangri-Las (some 40+ years after the fact!). Cool stuff... ;-) ============================= "Stephen Toogood" amelio747@hotmail.com wrote: Overrated - Hejira. Ste ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2007 10:45:11 -0400 From: Bob.Muller@Fluor.com Subject: Re: World Tribute Are you kidding? I would have approximately one jillion ideas. I thought I'd wait a bit first and see what other folks come up with. And by the same token, many of the Covers Volumes that I've assembled play like mini World Tributes - and you can certainly be proud of your fellow Australians, over the years they have submitted many contributions into the pool. Bob NP: Nellie McKay, "Long & Lazy River" - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain proprietary, business-confidential and/or privileged material. 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Bob NP: Ani, "The Slant/The Diner" - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain proprietary, business-confidential and/or privileged material. If you are not the intended recipient of this message you are hereby notified that any use, review, retransmission, dissemination, distribution, reproduction or any action taken in reliance upon this message is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any computer. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender and may not necessarily reflect the views of the company. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2007 11:34:12 EDT From: Motitan@aol.com Subject: Re: RS 40 Songs that Changed The World Here you go, Monika: http://www.rollingstoneextras.com/patron40songs/ - --Bob - ---------------------------- Thanks! - -mon ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2007 15:04:31 EDT From: FMYFL@aol.com Subject: Re: Tribute Jerry wrote: > A Tribute to Joni Mitchell is the featured cd of the day on our very > fabulous WMNF in Tampa. They played some of the songs from the Tribute album on one of the sattelite radio stations today too! I bought Tribute yesterday, and even though we've heard some of the artists sing them before, I still like it..........especially Annie Lennox singing LOTC. Happy hump day! Jimmy ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2007 20:32:38 +0100 From: missblux@googlemail.com Subject: Subject: Review of tribute in SF Chronicle Hi, I've been away (in fabulous Los Angeles!) for over a week so am not sure what all the discussions are about - but Gus.... I feel that you visit someone in their private home and then go and email 800 persons about what happened then that is betraying friendship. The person would have to be pretty abusive for her to deserve to be back-stabbed like that. I really think that if it was me I would keep private info like this off-list (am sure I would not keep it to myself :-) ). You and I never talked to each other so I am really sorry if I sound unpleasant. But... I don't know, I feel I have to stand up for our goddess... Best Bene Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2007 01:29:30 -0700 (PDT) From: rsc1@humboldt.edu Subject: Review of tribute in SF Chronicle There was a short (paragraph) review of the Nonesuch tribute CD in Sunday's "Pink" section (Datebook) of the San Francisco Chronicle. It was written by a guy named Aidin Vaziri, who stirs things up on a weekly basis with his "Pop Quiz" column. He interviews musicians, and is pretty irreverent, which annoys many people. Anyway, he ends the brief review with this comment: "If you've heard Mitchell do these songs lately, you know that she can no longer do them justice either." Yeah, the last time I was at her place, she did a version of "Edith and the Kingpin" that was horrible. And the way she sings "The Boho Dance" while fixing dinner is just embarrassing. When will she just accept the fact that she can't sing anymore? See, Aidin is all about the annoyance factor! (I got a good chuckle out of that one.) Gus ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2007 15:32:48 -0400 From: "Cassy" Subject: Re: World Tribute From: "Mark-Leon Thorne" <<< I'm interested to know, which artists would people like to see perform which Joni song from your country for this hypothetical show. >>> I'd absolutely love to hear Willy Porter perform Jericho. His voice thrills me and this song would fit into his style perfectly. Warmly, Cassy NP: Joni - Paprika Plains ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2007 16:05:10 -0400 From: Bob.Muller@Fluor.com Subject: Re: Tribute Hello, fellow Joni cover fan! And here's a nice little 2-minute promo video for it, includes several samples from the CD: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKZsIwrmlvE Bob NP: Joan Armatrading, "I'm Lucky" - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain proprietary, business-confidential and/or privileged material. If you are not the intended recipient of this message you are hereby notified that any use, review, retransmission, dissemination, distribution, reproduction or any action taken in reliance upon this message is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any computer. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender and may not necessarily reflect the views of the company. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2007 13:06:42 -0700 (PDT) From: MattJones Subject: Research Paper On Joni Hello All! Matt in Athens, GA here. I am making available, for anyone interested, an early draft of a paper I'm writing on Joni called "Back to the Garden: Ecofeminism, GeoPolitics and Joni Mitchell." If anyone is interested in giving it a look, for curiosity to see what us musicology folks do with folks like Joni, or for anyone who'd like to provide a fresh set of eyes and feedback. Secondly, today I was in a local record shop here in Athens and found 6 joni bootlegs for sale. I was a tad bit alarmed, as I take issue with making profit off unreleased material by any artist. So, I politely questioned the origin of these recordings, if they'd been released as public domain, etc. The shop owners were very hush, hush, basically telling me to stop asking where they came from. Not one to be deterred, I asked if it was, in fact, legal to be selling this material. Long story short, these were compilations of things I'd seen before and some I hadn't. One is called "The White Swan" and is from a 67 performance in Leicester, UK (or say it says). Another is called "Sounds for Saturday" and is taken from a UK television appearance (or radio?). The others were from 67 or so, and seemed to be the Second Fret recordings along with some other things. As I am working on a sort of meta-joni project here for part of my graduate work, I wondered about other bootleg recordings, etc, people have access to, either concert footage, recordings etc. If anyone would care to email me off-list and let me know about any material of this sort they have and wouldn't mind sharing for academic use as well as between joni fans, that would be awesome. Furthermore, I dropped the ball a while back due to some personal circumstances that I will not go into on here regarding the Wembley concert. I know two people had asked me specifically for copies of it; however, I do not recall who they were. SO, if you are one of those people (or if you're someone else who would like a copy of either the Wembley concert or these bootlegs I discovered today) please let me know. I need to make amends with myself for getting wrapped up in personal bullshit, as well as with the great people from the list that I let down. Thanks! and happy listening. matt Oh oh oh. If you would like to read the paper, please email me off list. - --------------------------------- Ahhh...imagining that irresistible "new car" smell? Check outnew cars at Yahoo! Autos. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2007 13:12:22 -0700 (PDT) From: MattJones Subject: Second Thought My last post became so rambly, i lost my third point. In the paper, I write about some songs from Dog Eat Dog, specifically some of teh harmonies, timbres/ textures on the record, etc. However, my transcriptions do not accurately reflect the complexity of Joni's harmony. Does anyone have (or do they even exist?) chords for the Dog Eat Dog album? I've managed to get a number of songbooks off ebay, but I've never been able to find the 80s material: WTRF, DED, CMIARS. Any assistance available? Matt/ Athens/ Again - --------------------------------- Ahhh...imagining that irresistible "new car" smell? Check outnew cars at Yahoo! Autos. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2007 23:13:51 +0200 From: "mike pritchard" Subject: RE: World Tribute >>I would certainly love to see Roxana Amed and Pedro Aznar reproduce their magic performance of Amelia for Spain.<< Argentina, Shirley? mikeinbcn np stryngs - love and other vices ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2007 18:43:51 -0400 From: "Richard Flynn" Subject: Sorry Confession I got the Joni Tribute album and Patti Smith's album of covers, _Twelve_ in today's mail--no record stores, independent or dependent, around here, unless you call the Wal-Mart I boycott a record store. The confession: I put Patti on first. But I had already hear some from the sublime (Prince, Emmylou) to the ridiculous (Sufjan). NP: Patti Smith, "Changing of the Guard" (Dylan Street Legal cover) ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2007 23:49:38 +0100 From: "Stephen Toogood" Subject: Re: Most underrated/overrated album MOI did so well initially in the states, but seems like a forgotton Joni album now. What's with that? I guess that is the fate of most live albums, and partially it was bough by the mainstream off the back of C&S. Really good album though. That version of People's Parties is so soul bearing. Oh and it's nice to know I'm not the only one who will get lynched Billy ;) Ste >From: Wtking59@cs.com >Reply-To: Wtking59@cs.com >To: joni@smoe.org >Subject: Re: Most underrated/overrated album >Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2007 10:44:18 EDT > >Gotta agree with Stephen (and a few others) on this one: > >'Hejira' (...or possibly 'Turbulent Indigo,' since it won a Grammy for >"album >of the year") is Joni's most OVERrated disc (of course, 'Hejira' DID >receive >its fair share of mostly negative and/or indifferent reviews when first >released), while 'Miles of Aisles' (...if we're including "live" albums) is >her most >UNDERrated. > > >XXXOOO, >Billy > >NP: 'Dangerous Game' (2007) by Mary Weiss. Brand new--and highly >acclaimed--solo debut from the former lead singer of The Shangri-Las (some >40+ years after >the fact!). Cool stuff... ;-) > > > ============================= >"Stephen Toogood" amelio747@hotmail.com wrote: > >Overrated - Hejira. > >Ste _________________________________________________________________ Get Hotmail, News, Sport and Entertainment from MSN on your mobile. http://www.msn.txt4content.com/ ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2007 16:08:01 -0700 (PDT) From: Brian Gross Subject: Re: Tribute (imho) - --- Bob.Muller@Fluor.com wrote: > Hello, fellow Joni cover fan! > > And here's a nice little 2-minute promo video for it, includes several > samples from the CD: > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKZsIwrmlvE I just got back from Borders, where I was compelled to buy the Tribute, along with a copy of Jonatha's most recent cd "Careful What You Wish For", completist that I am. So I thought I'd share my first-listen impressions of the Tribute: 1. Sufjan Stevens (whose music I'm not at all familiar with) - An offbeat, yet enjoyable take on Free Man in Paris. 2. Bjork (whose previous music I've thought of as sort of strange, from my folkie position) - Her Boho Dance was strange as I would have expected from her. But not bad. Maybe she was Boho Dancing on SNL last weekend?? 3. Caetano Veloso (unknown to me) - The vision that popped into my head was the film Borat. This version of Dreamland would have worked perfectly there. 4. Brad Mehldau - His Don't Interrupt the Sorrow was almost as good as Fred Simon's Joni performances (and that's high praise for both of them) 5. Cassandra Wilson - A soulful performance of For The Roses, reminicent of Joni's Jazz in NYC in 2000. 6. Prince - I didn't know he had released this Case Of You on an earlier album. I'm not surprised, as polished as it is. 7. Sarah McLachlan - I've had this version of Blue since I found the Good Enough EP in 1994. Top notch. 8. Annie Lennox - Her Ladies of The Canyon just went to the top of the list of new cuts that went into this project. Except I just saw that she previously released it on an earlier album :-( Still up there, though 9. Emmylou Harris - Did Our Lady of Charity have a home in the hills of Tennessee? 10. Elvis Costello - The liner notes show this version of Edith and the Kingpin was recorded in August of 1997. I'm glad Sherelle and Paul Ivice improved upon it at Julie Webb's Jonifest the following April. 11. k.d.lang - Didn't she do Help Me at the Carnegie Hall Tribute? Very nice way to preserve it. I like it. 12. James Taylor - This version of River got a lot of play this past Christmas season. How could one not like it? Likable, not necessarily lovable. All in all, from just one listen, the cd gets a B from me. I wonder if the rest of the cuts that didn't make it onto this 2007 Tribute will ever see the light of day on a major label? Looking forward to the next volume of the ongoing Tribute by my bro Bob Muller next week, as Mayflowers arrive. take care, Brian np: Jonatha, Beautiful Girl - ----------------------------------------------------------- Politicians and diapers both need to be changed often. And usually for the same reasons. - ----------------------------------------------------------- Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2007 16:54:30 -0700 (PDT) From: Bob Muller Subject: Re: Most underrated/overrated album It's very dated. The sound of the band has not held up very well over time. And almost every one of the songs are better in their studio incarnations, "Rainy Night House" being the one big exception. And in that case, the studio version is pretty damn excellent as well. You asked. Now you know. Bob NP: Sun Kil Moon, "Floating" - --------------------------------- Ahhh...imagining that irresistible "new car" smell? Check outnew cars at Yahoo! Autos. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2007 17:00:43 -0700 (PDT) From: Bob Muller Subject: Re: Tribute (imho) Great track-by-track review, bro. And thanks for reminding me to pick up the new Jonatha - I meant to do that and haven't yet. And I didn't buy the Tribute yesterday - I've had an advance for about a month but it doesn't have the liner notes. (Some Joni covers king *I* turned out to be). I did look at it though, when I went in to get the new ones from The Arctic Monkeys & Porcupine Tree. Is it just me or does the "Dreamland" sound just like Wally K? As much as I like Elvis, I don't care for his stodgy over-arranged "Edith". Best track - Cassandra. Bob NP: Michael Chapdelaine, "Both Sides Now" - --------------------------------- Ahhh...imagining that irresistible "new car" smell? Check outnew cars at Yahoo! Autos. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2007 17:05:04 -0700 (PDT) From: Brian Gross Subject: The Tribute cd I just popped the cd into my laptop to rip the tracks to drop them into my mp3 player, and I just had to laugh, cause it's all so crazy! Track 2 by Bjork is recognized by Windows Media Player as "The Bobo Dance" So *that's* what she was doing while singing on SNL this past weekend! Too funny!! Brian nw: Jericho (not the Joni version, but the walls *have* come tumbling down) - ----------------------------------------------------------- Politicians and diapers both need to be changed often. And usually for the same reasons. - ----------------------------------------------------------- Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2007 17:22:35 -0700 From: "Randy Remote" Subject: Re: Tribute (imho) From: "Brian Gross" > 3. Caetano Veloso (unknown to me) - The vision that popped into my head > was the > film Borat. This version of Dreamland would have worked perfectly there. He's one of the most revered songwriter/singers in Brazil, with an international following. He's credited as one of the originators of the Tropicalia movement in the sixties, that blended psychedelia, bossa nova, and Brazilian rhythms. When Brazil's government went fascist, he took refuge in England briefly, then was jailed in Brazil for his political views. (Luckily, the government changed for the better). I had the chance to see him a few years ago in San Francisco, and it was a wonderful experience. Lovely voices in the audience sang along in Portugese (a language I don't understand) like I'd never heard before-harmonies and all- I can't quite get my head around the Borat idea-although rhythmic, the soundtrack to that movie sounds very different to me from the Brazilian sound (then again, I haven't heard Veloso's "Dreamland" yet). RR ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2007 21:56:03 -0400 From: srobe444@aol.com Subject: Hiroshima Can't really let this one go. Although it seems popular now to pretend the Japanese were really interested in peace (I think Gore Vidal was urging this view in Why We Fight) the reality is they wanted to end the war on their terms and essentially pretend that they had never engaged in genocide, violations of the rules of war, human experimentation, forced sexual slavery, etc. and etc. They wanted to keep an army and navy, etc. Since they were not in any position to dictate terms, being defeated militarily, as seems to be conceded, it really was a non-starter to speak of a culturally acceptable surrender. Had they capitualted when unconditional surrender was demanded (nothing vague about that) they could have spared themselves Nagasaki and Hiroshima. Instead they decided to bluff Truman (talk about false and misguided courage!) and dare him to take the mainland. I thank God for Harry Truman, who I believe hoped there was a way around the A-bomb, but finally came to the reluctant conclusion there was not. ________________________________________________________________________ AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at AOL.com. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2007 00:40:00 EDT From: Motitan@aol.com Subject: Re: World Tribute <<< I'm interested to know, which artists would people like to see perform which Joni song from your country for this hypothetical show. >>> - --------------------------------- Any Joni song by anyone except Fergie, Gwen Stefani, or Avril Lavigne. Ban them from the country if such a global performance would ever take place. - -Monika (likes naming people who are destroying music little by little) ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. ------------------------------ End of onlyJMDL Digest V2007 #126 ********************************* ------- Post messages to the list by clicking here: mailto:joni@smoe.org Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:onlyjoni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe ------- Siquomb, isn't she? (http://www.siquomb.com/siquomb.cfm)